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heavyset
adjective
heavy·set
ˌhe-vē-ˈset
: stocky and compact and sometimes tending to stoutness in build
Synonyms
Examples of heavyset in a Sentence
has the heavyset build of a weight lifter
Recent Examples on the Web
The man was described by investigators as heavyset with a round face and facial hair.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
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At the top was Ahmed Odeh, a heavyset Jordanian businessman with years of experience in Saudi Arabia.
—Justin Scheck, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
The squad’s most visible member was a heavyset defender named Steve McNulty, whom fans called Sumo; a photograph of him jumping for a ball, with his belly tumbling between his shirt and shorts, went mildly viral.
—Simon Akam, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
The weakest of the bunch is a set piece at a Berlin nightclub to take out a heavyset German crime lord named Killa (Scott Adkins).
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2023
The suspect was described as being in his mid-to-late 20s, about 5 foot, 11 inches tall and heavyset.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2024
The suspect is described as a Black male, who is approximately 5 feet 5 inches tall and heavyset.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2022
In the package that the district attorney sent to Hathaway, there was a grainy surveillance video of one of the previous attacks, which showed a heavyset white man approaching a man sleeping on the sidewalk, spraying him with a large canister and walking quickly away as the man writhed in pain.
—Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1859, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near heavyset
Cite this Entry
“Heavyset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavyset. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
heavyset
adjective
heavy·set
ˌhev-ē-ˈset
: stocky
also
: stout entry 1 sense 4
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